GOANVOICE DAILY NEWSLETTER THU 05 NOVEMBER, 2009
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| Video + text: Convicted CIA Spy Says "We Broke the Law" | ||
 4 Nov: ABC News. Former CIA intelligence officer Sabrina DeSousa says the US "abandoned
and betrayed" her and the others who were put on trial for the kidnapping
of a Muslim cleric Abu Omar in Milan in 2003. An Italian judge sentenced her in
absentia to five years in prison…. The interview is to be broadcast tonight
on ABC's World News with Charles Gibson. 775 words. Click
here. For a video clip (2m. 35s) of the ABC interview of Sabrina De Sousa who has been advised never to leave the US, click here. For a Goan Voice profile of Sabrina de Sousa, click here. | ||
| Dinesh D'Souza: Heaven Can Wait | ||
 9 Nov: Newsweek. A new book promises incontrovertible proof of the afterlife…
I was put in mind of this by reading a new book by Dinesh
D'Souza, provocatively titled Life After Death: The Evidence, and I can't
help wondering what D'Souza, a well-known conservative political commentator starting
a second career as a Christian apologist, would make of my experience… 1488
words. Click here. For a Wikipedia profile of Dinesh D'Souza, click here. | ||
| Little Jamal of Slumdog to star in Swiss film | ||
 4 Nov: UNI. Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, 11, who jumps into pooh in “Slumdog Millionaire” as the youngest Jamal, is playing leading man in Swiss film “Shyam’s Secret” which is reportedly being shot in Goa … it is the story of an eight-year-old European girl and her friendship with an enigmatic Indian boy Shyam… it will be made in French and English… 175 words. | ||
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News Summary | ||
| Deaths 4 Nov: Davis, California. MARY BORGES. (Born 1918; ex Barclays Bank Kampala). Wife of the late Joseph Borges. Mother of Edwin and Sal (Salvador), Mother -in-law of Sally. Grandmother of Brian, Colin and Julia. Mary lived in Uganda until 1965, London, England until 1977; Bombay, and since 1993 in California. She also played tennis and badminton player and was also an extremely good seamstress Condolences to Edwin edjborges37@gmail.com or to Sal, shborges@ucdavis.edu [Info from Al Mathias] 3 Nov: Mombasa, Kenya. JAMES NAZARETH. Funeral service will take place Thursday, 5th November 2009 at the Little Sisters Of The Poor at 3.00 p.m. followed by burial at Mbaraki Cemetery. [Info from Maureen de Souza, Mombasa]. | ||
| Jose Vas: Funeral details 3 Nov: London. JOSE VAS (aged 97; ex -Entebbe and Jinja). Husband of Bella. Father of Ronnie/Kate; Lorraine/Danny, Gerson/Flavia; Sharon/Trevor. Brother in law of Lucille and Olga (Maria) Ireland; Joe/Alvita Furtado in Canada, Lucille/Victor D,Mello. Funeral will be on Wed. 11 Nov. at 10.00 am at the Church of St. Thomas More, 420 Long Lane, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 5JW. From Bexleyheath station Bus B11 takes you there. If anybody needs more information or transport please contact Ferdie Rodrigues on 0208 304 6480 | ||
| Canute Simoes Funeral Donations 4 Nov: Helen Simoes would like to thank everyone for their generous donations towards the Assagao Community Hope Centre in memory of Canute. This amounted to £890. | ||
| Scarlett Keeling case: police caught on wrong foot 5 Nov: Herald. In sharp contrast to Goa police chargesheet which pointed towards rape and murder in the sensational Scarlett Eden Keeling case in February 2008, the CBI, “after independent and meticulous investigation” has concluded that the death is not amounting to murder and that there is no evidence of rape… 652 words. more details.. | ||
| Goa: Leopard, pig found together in well at Sadolxem 5 Nov: Herald. It was the most unusual meeting place of two characters hostile to each other, when a leopard and a pig were found in a well at Muthal-Sadolxem late Wednesday evening… Locals suspect that the leopard may have tried to catch the pig and in a desperate bid to avoid the leopard, the pig may have accidentally fallen into the well, only to be followed by the leopard… more details.. | ||
| Goa blast: Two policemen moved from probe team 4 Nov: IANS. Two policemen probing the Diwali eve bombing in Goa have been relieved of their duties, as opposition BJP accused Home Minister Ravi Naik of influencing the investigation in the Margao blast that killed two people last month… 303 words. more details.. | ||